Amusing but here is story to go with that. I have read two different articles on the subject of older people taking up motorcycle riding. Statiticians noticed a sudden spike in motor cycle related deaths in people in their 50s. On closer study it showed that people who had been riding motorcycles since teens and 20s were not the cause. The spike was caused by people in their 50s who were buying motorcycles for first time. Apparently there a lot of people, mostly men, my age who always wanted a motor cycle and could not afford one in their youth, now they can and they are buying them and killing themselves. If you have been riding them all your life you have had the reflexes needed to ride safely for many years. However, it hard to develope the reflexes to ride a motorcycle at age 50. Moral of the story, the midlife crisis can be hazardous to your health.

Feb 26, '04

Well. I should be ok then... started some 30+ years ago and I'm not ABOUT to give it up ! Statistics or no.